Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Concerto for Organ, String and Timpani & Stabat Mater

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A thoroughly enjoyable, reliable set of well-curated recordings. The wind section is particularly commendable throughout, glistening over the top of the orchestra and choir. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Jul 2018
Catalogue No: LPO0108
Label: LPO
Length: 72 minutes

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Poulenc: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, FP 146 (1949)

Work length19:05

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Alexandre Tharaud (soloist)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Recorded: 26 March 2014
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Allegretto commodo

Track length9:40

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II. Andante con moto

Track length5:20

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III. Rondeau à la française

Track length4:05

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Poulenc: Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani

Work length22:35

$7.20

$9.75

$12.00

James O’Donnell (soloist)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Recorded: 26 March 2014
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Andante

Track length3:13

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II. Allegro giocoso

Track length2:05

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III. Andante moderato

Track length7:20

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IV. Tempo Allegro, molto agitato

Track length2:35

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V. Très calme. Lent

Track length2:27

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VI. Tempo de l'Allegro initial

Track length1:55

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VII. Tempo d'introduction. Largo

Track length3:00

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Poulenc: Stabat mater

Work length30:40

$12.00

$15.60

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Kate Royal (soloist)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Recorded: 23 October 2013
Recording Venue: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom

I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

Track length4:00

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II. Cujus animam gementem

Track length1:04

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III. O quam tristis

Track length2:41

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IV. Quae moerebat

Track length1:29

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V. Quis est homo

Track length1:25

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VI. Vidit suum

Track length3:19

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VII. Eja Mater

Track length1:05

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VIII. Fac ut ardeat

Track length2:21

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IX. Sancta Mater

Track length3:09

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X. Fac ut portem

Track length3:22

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XI. Inflammatus et accensus

Track length2:00

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XII. Quando corpus

Track length4:45

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Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 23 October 2013 (Piano Concerto and Stabat Mater) and 26 March 2014 (Organ Concerto).

This release is the sixth on the LPO label conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The performances on this disc, recorded in 2013 and 2014, were part of his final season as Principal Guest Conductor. The Organ Concerto was performed by James O’Donnell as part of the Pull Out All The Stops festival, celebrating the restoration of the Royal Festival Hall organ, which had been out of use since 2005. These performances were very well reviewed at the time ‘Yannick Nézet Séguin is a master-painter and drew a rich spectrum of colours from the London Philharmonic Orchestra to decorate each of these scores in a distinctive way’ Bachtrack. ‘Yannick Nézet-Séguin [was] alive to the solemn and dramatic aspects of Poulenc’s setting, its radiance, jauntiness, pealing vitality and ritual dance’ Classical Source. The disc features performances from star soloists: organist James O’Donnell; soprano Kate Royal; pianist Alexandre Tharaud.

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February 2019

A thoroughly enjoyable, reliable set of well-curated recordings. The wind section is particularly commendable throughout, glistening over the top of the orchestra and choir.

November 2018

The Organ Concerto (1938), structured like a Buxtehude toccata, suits the RFH organ well, receiving an excellent performance. Orchestra, choir and soloist are in fine form for the Stabat Mater (1950), Poulenc’s first sacred composition for chorus and orchestra. A really interesting recording.

November 2018

At one level, it’s an embarrassment of riches for Poulenc fans. On another, it speaks of the modus operandi of London orchestras where rehearsal time is short and much depends on the atmosphere of the evening…You don’t often get three such works on one disc, nor such artists all led by Nézet-Séguin communicative enthusiasm.

December 2018

Each work receives a special performance.

Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Concerto for Organ, String and Timpani & Stabat Mater

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